Where does “förbereda” come from?
förbereda (Swedish) comes from German vorbereiten, from German bereiten, from German reiten, from Middle High German rīten, from Old High German rītan, from Proto-West Germanic rīdan, from Proto-Germanic rīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
förbereda (Swedish): to prepare (make ready for a specific future purpose)
Definitions
- to prepare (make ready for a specific future purpose)
Ancestry of “förbereda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | vorbereiten | to prepare; to prepare, to get ready |
| 2 | German | bereiten | to prepare, to make; to give, to cause |
| 3 | German | reiten | to travel on a mount; to ride; to do horseriding;... |
| 4 | Middle High German | rīten | to ride |
| 5 | Old High German | rītan | to ride |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |